The European Commission recently launched a call for evidence on a newer initiative about the importance of open source, and their reliance on non-EU countries. As covered by CADE, the initiative is called “Towards European open digital ecosystems”, and it sets out how they’re trying to sort their approach towards the open-source sector across the European Union.

From the official EU document they note how the new strategy will “address the economic and political importance of open source, as a crucial contribution to a strategic framework for EU technological sovereignty, competitiveness and cybersecurity” and that it will “set out actions to strengthen the broader EU open ecosystem of solutions and products in critical sectors, including internet technologies, cloud, artificial intelligence (AI), cybersecurity, open hardware, and industrial applications (e.g. automotive and manufacturing)”.